I want to start this post by saying, "I'm sorry I'm behind!" I really have two excuses. 1) Life is insanely busy and 2) I miss him so much that some days this is hard to do. With that said, I am going to post all of the updates in this one post. So here ya go!:
10/19/2015
Good afternoon! I am still staying in Adelanto to finish
training my new missionary! :)
This is Dale and Debbie. Debbie is less active and Dale is a
non member. They have us come over every Saturday and they feed us. Dale is
from Arkansas but lived in Iowa for a little bit but can make anything taste
amazing on his grill. They are the best people ever and make me feel like I am
at home. We got to carve pumpkins with them this past Saturday!
my pumpkin is the one on the right, and yes I like the
camera because now I can email pics from it lol. (His first camera got broken in a bike wreck! we were finally able to replace it)
10/5/2015
Good afternoon mi amigos:)
So upon contemplating what I was going to email you today my
mind has gone blank. So I will just go through the week.:
We were able to get Ether on a baptismal date and also his
brother who are both looking forward to being baptized. Another kid we
contacted on the street told us he would read a chapter a day out of the Book
of Mormon!!!
Conference was amazing. Learning more to become more
converted to the Lord is always needed. I think ponderizing is a genius and
something I definitely want to do! I got to have the privilege of crashing on
my bike again, luckily only a couple cuts and bruises. Anyways, I honestly
can't think right now so sorry this is a poor email but I hope you all have a
great week! Stay safe! Love and miss you!
9/21/2015
I've been really good! Adelanto has been amazing for
missionary work. We set a high goal of teaching 13 investigator lessons this
week. We tracted this road and got two golden investigator and another for the
Spanish Elders. One of the investigators we met with on Saturday and he is so
prepared of the Lord. I had to fight back tears during the lesson. The spirit was
so strong. It is those times that makes me proud to be a missionary and it
feels like hard work is paying off!
Gots to go!
Love you a bunch!
9/17/2015 - spoiler alert - I get chastised a small bit for email the President (#mommaprobs)
Yes I am back from not emailing. Last week was transfers and
also Labor day so libraries were closed. We were authorized to email on
Tuesday, but I had to go back down the hill to pick up the new missionary that
I am training. His name is Elder Waters from Cedar City Utah. By the time we
got back from Rancho it was 6:30 and had to go grocery shopping so didn't have
time to email. So here I am on temple/ preparation day.
Yes Sandi I know you
emailed President. I got a phone call from him, and a phone call from brother
Hivner my ward mission leader. I am not mad at all, but if I haven't emailed
there is a reason and you shouldn't be worried enough to email President. He
has enough on his hands especially with a general authority doing a mission
tour this past week in our mission.
Training has been very hard and not like I thought it would
be like. I notice having more weaknesses that I need to work on. I sometimes
just don't think I am doing a great job, but I hope so. The temple trip was so
needed. After 8 months of accumulating knowledge I was excited to learn more
stuff in the temple and being able to recharge my missionary batteries was much
needed as well.
Sounds like everything is going
well! I love you all so much! I will email on Monday! That way I can write some
things down to email you because my mind is traveling fast and just don't know
where to begin on how my last two weeks have been. Stay safe!
Elder
Jorvik Ty Harris
Rancho
Cucamonga, California
